'Being Human' star 'understands reaction'

Mark Pellegrino has claimed that he understands the reaction of some Being Human fans to the new US remake.

The former Lost star plays the vampire Bishop in Syfy's remake of the BBC supernatural drama.

"I understand [their reaction] completely," he told Daemon's TV. "I was one of those British version of The Office guys and I was so upset [with the NBC version], even though Ricky Gervais was in on the creative process."

He claimed that the new Being Human is similar to The Office in that it will be an "separate entity" from the original.

"[It] will probably be hard for the people who have preconceived notions based on the BBC version [of Being Human] but once I started taking [The Office] as an independent entity... [I realized] it was just as good in its own way."

Pellegrino previously claimed that his character on the show is not an "archetypal" villain.